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International companies will scramble for new orders at the Middle East's largest arms show which opens in Abu Dhabi next week as oil-rich Gulf states load up on weapons in a region rocked by instability and violence.
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Religious buildings face closer scrutiny after police announced weapons had been recovered from a Shi'ite community centre, which went up in flames during clashes on February 14.
The Abu Baham Ma'atam, in Sehla, caught fir

Qatar has denied an accusation by Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni that it sent three military aircraft loaded with weapons to a Tripoli airport controlled by an armed opposition group.
In a statement to Qatar's news a

Tehran has not received a request from Baghdad to supply it with weapons but is ready to do so if asked, Iran's deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday during a visit to Moscow.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Tehran had no

A United Nations expert panel has concluded that a shipment of rockets and other weapons that was seized by Israel came from Iran and represents a violation of the UN arms embargo on Tehran, according to a confidential report obtained by Reuters

Iran, Syria's main regional ally, does not see President Bashar al-Assad staying in power indefinitely but neither does it want "extremist forces" to replace him, said a senior Iranian diplomat.
Amir Abdollahian, dep

The US intelligence agencies have provided irrefutable proof that Iran supplies lethal weapons to extremist groups in Bahrain and the Gulf, according to a new report.
The report by US research centre Washington Institute also show

A secret underground weapons warehouse was used to hide machine guns, handguns, silencers and more than 3,000 bullets, a court heard.
The ammunition and weapons, including five AK-47 assault rifles, five 9mm pistols and five silen

Seventeen US intelligence agencies have confirmed to Congress that Iran is supplying weapons to Bahrain's opposition.
They claim that such action could ignite sectarian havoc in the region, said a report in the Gulf Daily News